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XSHP vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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XSHP and YMAG both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $11m for Kurv SpaceX Enhanced Income ETF and $268m for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.

At a glance
11.3%
XSHP cash paid, since launch, Jun 17, 2026
33.4%
YMAG cash paid, 1 year
−21.1%
XSHP total return, since launch, Jun 17, 2026
+5.8%
YMAG total return, 1 year
XSHP · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
XSHP
−21.1%
none

Not measured

XSHP since launch: paid 11.3%, price −32.7%, total −21.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XSHP

−21.1%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

XSHP since launch: paid 11.3%, price −32.7%, total −21.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XSHP

−21.1%

11.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XSHP since launch: paid 11.3%, price −32.7%, total −21.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YMAG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG
+5.8%
Own
+4.6%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

33.4% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XSHP costs 0.35 points a year less; YMAG is far larger, $268m against $11m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XSHP vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureXSHPYMAG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+5.8%
Price changefell 32.7% (since Jun 17, 2026)fell 29.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate92% of the Oct 8, 2026 payment11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedits own holdings
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%1.34%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$11m$268m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, XSHP and YMAG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XSHP YMAG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in XSHP
Only in YMAG
YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF 15.10%
YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF 15.04%
YieldMax Amzn Option Income ETF 14.92%
YieldMax Tsla Option Income ETF 14.83%
YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF 13.66%
YieldMax Meta Option Income Strategy ETF 13.26%
YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF 12.23%
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Side by side

XSHP Kurv SpaceX Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call, paying monthly YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly
Issuer Kurv YieldMax
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark none YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 33.7% 31.4%
Expense ratio 0.99% 1.34%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.3% (since launch, Jun 17, 2026) 33.4%
Price change, 1 year −32.7% (since launch, Jun 17, 2026) −29.4%
Total return, 1 year −21.1% (since launch, Jun 17, 2026) +5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +4.6%
Ahead or behind not available +1.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 11%
Age 140 days 2.8 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $11m $268m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: XSHP vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowXSHPYMAGXSHPYMAGXSHPYMAG
3 months+31.3%+3.3%11.2%9.1%not measured+0.3 pts
6 months–+1.9%–18.1%–−0.2 pts
1 year–+5.8%–33.4%–+1.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: XSHP Jun 2026 · YMAG Jan 2024−21.1%+70.3%11.3%91.7%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
XSHP

Over the period from its first trade on Jun 17, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XSHP paid 11.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 32.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −21.1%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 33.7%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Oct 8, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YMAG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 11% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, XSHP or YMAG?
XSHP charges 0.99% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so XSHP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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